There is a place and time for everything. Including Coffee. Coffee has no place when you're on a journey to fertility. No place when you should be drinking teas instead. No place when you're on a detox. No place as part of any nighttime ritual. No place if you're hungover or sick. You get what I am saying here.

It took us about an hour to harvest, bag and label five lbs of mint. I felt the oils on my hands, I smelled of mint. Grabbing at bunches, clipping and weighing. There is so much joy in nurturing green life. It feels like hope to me.

Observing steam and having Choice Organic Teas and Ginger Tea has been my go-to these days. When doctor told me up on the exercise, down on the coffee I was like what you say there 'bout my coffee? I've been since drinking caffine free teas, trying decaf options and, yup, more water.